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package com.taobao.middleware.cli.converters;

/**
 * Converts String to String, that's the easy one.
 *
 * @author Clement Escoffier <clement@apache.org>
 */
public final class StringConverter implements Converter<String> {

    /**
     * The converter.
     */
    public static final StringConverter INSTANCE = new StringConverter();

    private StringConverter() {
        // No direct instantiation
    }

    /**
     * Just returns the given input.
     *
     * @param input the input, can be {@literal null}
     * @return the input
     */
    @Override
    public String fromString(String input) throws IllegalArgumentException {
        return input;
    }
}
